Afghanistan Times

The western introduced and backed democracy is not working in Afghanistan. Words of the powerful individuals, groups and institutions become laws in this land. If this was not the case the general masses would have unprecedented trust over the government. Unfortunately, the trust deficit between the state and public is …

AT-KABUL: At least 36 Taliban fighters were killed and 36 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan NationalPolice (ANP) and the National Directorate of Security (NDS) has …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said that a Taliban weapons and ammunition supplier was arrested in Kabul. The intelligence operatives arrested two insurgents who were supplying weapons and ammunition for Taliban fighters in Kabul, said NDS in a statement. The captured insurgents identified as Ikram and …

Deputy speaker warns against interference in parliamentary affairs By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The first deputy speaker of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of the parliament on Sunday said that the interpellation and voting against ministers is the legal right of members of the Wolesi Jirga and no organ has the right …

AT-KABUL: The Daesh terrorists have killed a religious scholar in the Rodat district of the eastern Nangarhar province, local officials said on Saturday. “The victim was identified as Maulawi Abdul Samed who was Imam of a mosque in Qala Akhond area of Rodat district,” provincial governor spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said. …

By ZAHID HUSSAIN-THE targets may be different but the perpetrators of the two deadly attacks carried out in Balochistan in the space of one month are the same. The responsibility of the carnage at the shrine in Khuzdar as well as the slaughter of police cadets in Quetta have been …

By Qi Lin0-“The Chinese grab for fossil fuels or its military competition for naval control is not a challenge but rather a boost for the US Asia-Pacific –even an overall– posture. Calibrating the contraction of its overseas projection and commitments – some would call it managing the decline of an …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Legislators and political analysts have continued to lambaste members of the Wolesi Jirga for what they call the dual standard on disqualification of ministers who failed to spend the target (70 percent) development budget. Expressing surprise and anger over decision of the MPs to give immunity to …

Residents of the capital city, Kabul, have been suffering from the shortage of the electricity power for a couple of months and just prior to the cold weather of winter. Although there is not any official justification for the shortage, but unofficial reports say that the surge in use of …

AT-KABUL: The Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) had organized memorial events in Balochistan and abroad to pay tributes to martyrs of Baloch freedom struggle. In a statement issued from London the other day, the movement said that every year Baloch nation organize memorial services and events on 13 November to remember …